rejected manga draft; rejected storyboard
Manga industry term for a rough draft or storyboard (ネーム) that an editor has rejected. The 没 prefix means 'rejected' or 'discarded'.
担当編集者に没ネームを出されてしまった。
My editor rejected my storyboard.
没ネームがたまっていく一方だ。
My pile of rejected drafts just keeps growing.
Standard kanji-katakana spelling for rejected manga drafts.
All-katakana variant; common in casual or informal contexts.
Compound of 没 (ぼつ, 'rejection') and ネーム ('name', from English 'name'), a manga industry term for a rough storyboard. The exact origin is uncertain, but it likely arose in editorial contexts.